Monthly Archives: February 2021

John 14:1 One of my favourite phrases in the Gospels: Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία· The third person imperative is shrinkingly rare in English (Wilfred E. Major and Michael Laughy’s excellent Ancient Greek for Everyone suggests “someone help him!” and “nobody move!” as examples) and is more usually rendered with “Let”, as in “Let notContinue reading “No churn”

John 12:25 If you have read the previous post on John 12:24, especially if you did so with your Bible open, there is just the faintest chance that you have been shouting “hey! you! What about the next verse?” Because here is how it reads in the NIV: Anyone who loves their life will loseContinue reading “Yes, but…”

John 12:24 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ κόκκος τοῦ σίτου πεσὼν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀποθάνῃ, αὐτὸς μόνος μένει· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, πολὺν καρπὸν φέρει. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces manyContinue reading “A seed, falling”

John 10:27 τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἐμὰ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούουσιν, κἀγὼ γινώσκω αὐτά, καὶ ἀκολουθοῦσίν μοι “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” I am sure you recognised the passage from the title of this post. John 10:27 sums up a great deal of what Jesus has said inContinue reading “They hear, I know them, they follow”

(John 6:44) We are looking at just one verse from a passage which begins with some of those who have been fed by Jesus in the wilderness asking “when did you get here” (ie to Capernaum); and ends with most of Jesus’ disciples leaving Him, on account of the “harshness” of His teaching about bread.Continue reading “It’s a Drag”